Meaning of the nameSuzy
Suzy is a spelling of the name Suzi, which means “diminutive of Susan, a name that comes from the Hebrew Shoshanna, from shoshan, 'lily'”.
Meaning
“diminutive of Susan, a name that comes from the Hebrew Shoshanna, from shoshan, 'lily'”
Meaning of the name Suzi, of which Suzy is a spelling.
- People (2022)
- 3,968
- Rank in Brazil
- #3,213
- Median age
- 38 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,914
- people
Suzy in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Suzy, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (1,291 people).
3,951 women 0 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Suzy is most common
States with the highest share of people named Suzy in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Amazonas 0.010%
- Goiás 0.004%
- Pará 0.003%
- Pernambuco 0.003%
- Ceará 0.002%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 844 | 0.002% |
| Amazonas | 397 | 0.010% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 320 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 251 | 0.003% |
| Goiás | 247 | 0.004% |
| Pernambuco | 238 | 0.003% |
| Bahia | 226 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 208 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 196 | 0.002% |
| Paraná | 128 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 117 | 0.002% |
| Distrito Federal | 90 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 84 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 69 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 68 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 64 | 0.002% |
| Santa Catarina | 63 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 55 | 0.002% |
| Sergipe | 55 | 0.003% |
| Piauí | 45 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 37 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 30 | 0.001% |
| Acre | 29 | 0.004% |
| Tocantins | 28 | 0.002% |
| Rondônia | 27 | 0.002% |
| Roraima | 27 | 0.004% |
| Amapá | 25 | 0.003% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Suzy
It ends in Y, like the Behind the Name entry, which gives the diminutive as English and French; proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas.
About the name Suzi
In English, Wiktionary records Suzi and Suzy as diminutives of Susan and of related female names, and Behind the Name gives Suzy as a diminutive of Susan or Suzanne, used in English and French. Susan is the English variant of Susanna, which comes from the Greek Sousanna, a form of the Hebrew Shoshanna, derived from shoshan, 'lily', perhaps from an Egyptian word for 'lotus'. In the Bible, Susana is the name of a character in the apocryphal books of the Old Testament and of a follower of Jesus in the New Testament; the Portuguese forms are Susana and Suzana. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,782 people named Suzi, with a median age of 40.
Other spellings of Suzi
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Suzi | 5,782 |
| Suzy | 3,968 |
Sources
- Behind the Name: Susanna · behindthename.com · meaning
- Behind the Name: Susan · behindthename.com · meaning
- Behind the Name: Suzy · behindthename.com · origin
- Wiktionary: Suzi · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Wiktionary: Suzy · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Questions about the name Suzy
What does the name Suzy mean?
Suzy means “diminutive of Susan, a name that comes from the Hebrew Shoshanna, from shoshan, 'lily'”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Suzi, of which Suzy is a spelling.
How many people are named Suzy in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,968 people with the first name Suzy, which ranks it number 3,213 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Suzy a boy's or a girl's name?
Suzy is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 3,951 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
What is the origin of the name Suzy?
Suzy is a name of Hebrew and English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Suzy most common?
Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.010% of the state's population is named Suzy (397 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Suzy?
Suzi. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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